Tommy Lee Jones To Host Nobel Prize Concert

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Lee Jones to host Nobel concert
08/11/2007 12:01 - (SA)

Oslo - Hollywood actor Tommy Lee Jones, who was former US vice president Al Gore's roommate at Harvard, will co-host the traditional Nobel concert in December honouring the Nobel Peace Prize laureates, organisers said on Wednesday.

This year's prestigious prize went to Gore and the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

The concert, held in Oslo on December 11, the day after the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, will feature artists such as Annie Lennox, Alicia Keys, Melissa Etheridge, and Earth, Wind and Fire.

Jones will host the event with another yet-to-be confirmed artist.

"The Nobel Committee is thrilled that Mr Jones will join us for the Nobel Peace Prize Concert," the head of the Nobel committee Geir Lundestad said in a statement.

"Mr Jones is universally respected and will be a wonderful ambassador for peace," he added.

Jones, 61, has played tough guys with a heart in films such as The Fugitive and Men in Black, but is also known for his roles as the bad guy in Blown Away and Batman Forever.

According to a biography released by the Nobel Institute, Jones shared a dorm room with Al Gore when the two studied at Harvard University.